Elements of Art Worksheet
Artist's tip (Seven building blocks): Line = a moving dot’s path; shape = flat (2D); form = solid (3D). Colour = hue (red, blue …); texture = how it feels (rough, smooth, furry). Space = the area around and between things; value = light to dark, from white to black.
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- 1.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
- 2.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) a flat 2D area (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a sense of near and far
- 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) value
- 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
- 6.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
- 7.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
- 8.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) line
- 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
- 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) has height, width, depth
- 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how a surface feels (d) gaps between things
- 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
- 13.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) space
- 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
- 19.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) the area around objects
- 20.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
- 23.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) from white to black
- 26.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a hue, like red or blue
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
- 29.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
- 33.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
- 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
- 37.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
- 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
- 40.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- frame
- what a rainbow shows
- space
- 7
- glue
- texture
- space
- form
- only length and width
- looks furry or scaly
- gaps between things
- value
- False
- False
- True
- True
- colour
- easel
- can be seen all round
- True
- False
- rough, smooth or bumpy
- False
- False
- from white to black
- True
- a solid 3D object
- line
- True
- False
- False
- space
- False
- False
- line
- a closed flat outline
- texture
- False
- shape
- False
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